from these scenes in tripoli, to the north, where thugs ransacked and set fire to western fast-food chains. in all, some three-dozen locales, stretching from western europe to south asia, witnessed islamic unrest directed at the west. walsh says: "ts is a political, not a religious problem. we have had countries that have had civil wars and yet don't have a consolidated government to ensure peace and security on their own territory. back in the washington, a closed-door briefing by c-i-a director davii petraeus left members of the house intelligence committee reassured on one count... king says: "i am confident that the u.s. government will do whatever it has to do to protect its embassies." and secretary of state clinton, remembering hee fallen comrades, vowed to do just that. clinton says: "we owe it to those four men to continue the long, hard work of diplomacy. and we will, under the president's leadership, keep taking steps to protect our personnel around the worrd. where the days embassy riots are concerned, all u-s personnel are said to be safe and accounted for. at the state depart